COMMENT: Netflix and Amazon change the world of animation finance
Such platforms take IP rights from creators in return for funding, writes Colette Sexton
If you are a parent of preschool children, then the mud-loving, smileyPeppa Pig will be a household name for you. And take a look around that household of yours – do you see any Peppa pencil cases? Jigsaws? Bed sheets? Probably.
Traditionally, animators do not make money from their cartoons appearing on TV or in the cinema. Not much money anyway. Instead, the real cash is in the merchandise. The stuffed animals, the ...
